And yet, Armstrong has all but eclipsed Beiderbecke in the popular imagination: New Orleans is known as the "birthplace of jazz," giving us Jelly Roll Morton, Willie Humphrey, Harry Connick Jr. and ...

Only a year ago (hard to believe), Ken Burns' "Jazz" TV series followed the evolution of this distinctly American music from the back alleys of New Orleans to far-flung parts of the world. Early in ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa – The Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Society will celebrate the life and music of legendary musician Leon “Bix” Beiderbecke at the 45th annual Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, ...

Bix Scott Chantler 254 Pages ISBN: #9781501190780 (13) Gallery 13 2020 Leon Bismark “Bix" Beiderbecke's brief life has all of the hallmarks of a romantic legend. Wrote and recorded some of the ...

Bob Lance of Moline parked his boat Saturday afternoon next to Davenport’s LeClaire Park, took out his fishing rod and cast his line into the water. “I don’t know if I’ll catch anything,” Lance said ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa – The Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Society will celebrate the life and music of legendary musician Leon "Bix" Beiderbecke at the 42nd annual Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, ...

Golden notes sizzled as jazz musicians Jim E. Valentine and Dave Bennett performed the tune “Running Wild” in front of an audience Sunday afternoon at the Clarion Hotel in Davenport. The final concert ...

A book about widely honored jazz player Bix Beiderbecke has been making waves in his hometown of Davenport. “Finding Bix: The Life and Afterlife of a Jazz Legend,” written by Davenport-native Brendan ...

In 2008, the jazz world lost jazz historian and cornetist Richard Sudhalter. Sudhalter joined Marian McPartland on several occasions over the years to provide historical perspective and play some gems ...

As in many of the most sophisticated fiction films, the prime action in the 1981 documentary “Bix: Ain’t None of Them Play Like Him Yet” takes place in the interstices and beneath the surfaces. Bix ...

Bix Beiderbecke is probably the most discussed jazz musician of his time. He is held in a very high regard in which legend and performance are intertwined. Beiderbecke made the first of his 250 ...